History & culture in Port Protection

The people and history of Port Protection: museums, cultural centers, totem parks and historic sites. Every fact links to its source.

photo Sheila C

Port Protection in brief

'Wooden Wheel' Johnson became Port Protection's first resident in the early 1900s; his store, fuel dock, and fish-buying scow let fishing boats stop for supplies and safe anchorage on trips north and south. (maps.commerce.alaska.gov · checked Oct 16, 2026)
Laurel 'Buckshot' Woolery opened the B.S. Trading Post and fish-buying station in 1946 and ran it until 1973. (maps.commerce.alaska.gov · checked Oct 16, 2026)
A warehouse built in the 1950s for a planned shrimp cannery never saw that use; the cannery idea was abandoned and the building burned down in 2011. (maps.commerce.alaska.gov · checked Oct 16, 2026)
State land disposal programs enabled permanent settlement; the Prince of Wales tourism board dates the permanent community to 1981. (discoverpowisland.com · checked Oct 16, 2026)
The National Geographic television series 'Port Protection Alaska' brought the village national attention. (travelalaska.com · checked Oct 16, 2026)

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